Melrose Muscle Therapy

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Your hands must hurt!

I often get asked if my hands hurt
after a long day of providing massage, or similar I get told that my
hands are very strong that I must get tired after doing so many
massages a day.

Truth is, I don't just use my hands
when I am giving a massage. I use my entire body as leverage to give
the strength that you feel in my massage work. When you ask for more
pressure, I step back, get into a lunge and push my entire body
forward focusing on my forearm, or palm of my hand (whichever I am
using at the moment) and as my entire body moves forward, it gives
leverage for my hand or forearm to give a bit more pressure as you
wish.

To keep my body from overuse, and daily
wear and tear, it is important that I take care of it so that you can
benefit from my best work each and every time.

One of my favorite ways to keep my
hands in tip top shape between appointments is to shake them out.
You can do this too if you have a job that requires lots of hand use
such as working at a desk typing all day.

Imagine that you have very sticky tape
on your fingers and you want to shake it off. Shake your arms and
hands as hard as you can (if this hurts, please don't do the
exercise). Try shaking them for at least 10 seconds straight. And
stop. I'd say it feels pretty good! =)